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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in a hospital for pulmonary diseases
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) in health care workers (HCW) in low-incidence countries especially in hospitals for pulmonary diseases. With Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA), a new method for diagnosis of LTBI is available which is more...
Autores principales: | Schablon, Anja, Beckmann, Gudrun, Harling, Melanie, Diel, Roland, Nienhaus, Albert |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19134168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-4-1 |
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